Nagaland Mercy Mission building inaugurated

(From L to R) Rev. Dr. Mar Imsong, founder Nagaland Mercy Mission and Executive Director of Massachusetts Baptist Multicultural Ministries (USA), Rev. Keweralo Lohe, Pastor, Dimapur Town Baptist Church and Alemla Sam, project Director (NMM) after the inaugural service of the Nagaland Mercy Mission Society building today at Kevijau colony, Signal Basti, Dimapur. (Morung Photo)
 
Dimapur, January 7 (MExN): The Nagaland Mercy Mission Society building was inaugurated today at Kevijau colony, Signal Basti, Dimapur by Rev. Keweralo Lohe, Pastor, Dimapur Town Baptist Church. The building will serve as a centre, designed for serving people living with developmental disabilities. Consisting of five floors, the building will be a center which will host a resource wing for therapies, medical assistance, arts and crafts and other productive activities. It will also be an institute for teachers to receive training. Every year, 20 pre-school children will be admitted, where the Mercy Mission will guide and teach them allowing them to graduate and later join mainstream school. The centre also aims to have furnished apartment for short term missionaries, teachers, doctors etc.
Nagaland Mercy Mission (NMM), a registered non-profit organization aims to being a friend of the disabled and works towards providing assistance, guidance and hope for persons with developmental and physical disabilities in Nagaland. NMM was founded four years ago through the vision of Rev. Dr. Mar Imsong, Executive Director of Massachusetts Baptist Multicultural Ministries (USA). Mercy Mission aims to promote social inclusion and community integration of people with disabilities. It also plans to act as an institute for teachers who can receive training in special needs education.
In an interaction with The Morung Express, Rev. Dr. Mar Imsong (USA) shares that presently, ‘Need Disability Assessments’ are being conducted with NGOs and churches in Dimapur with the intent to identify, and gather information on children with disabilities in the community. He also said that efforts are going on to network with Gaon Burra’s, Churches and various NGOs to give a criterion on needs assessment and inform about the various disability services provided by the government etc. On future plans, he says that after the data is gathered, the plan is to send resource persons and conduct seminars and trainings on disabled persons, and also to conduct more comprehensive trainings.
 “Mercy Mission has a long way to go and our wish list is long. But this is the beginning of a humble and slow journey,” Rev. Dr. Mar Imsong said. Later, a gathering was held with members of the Dimapur Pastor’s Fellowship.